New York’s top court has rejected a constitutional challenge by state Senate Democrats who claim majority Republicans improperly used two different formulas to redraw the election map that created a 63rd Senate district upstate. The Court of Appeals is unanimously ...

The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to object to the New York Republican plan to add a seat to the state Senate in their contested redistricting plan. But a lawsuit backed by Democrats challenging the plan is still being ...

New York’s top court is set to hear the constitutional challenge by state Senate Democrats to the creation of create a 63rd Senate district upstate. The Court of Appeals has expedited the case, hearing the appeal Thursday after a trial-level ...

New congressional lines in New York will cut into some incumbents’ advantages as they seek re-election this year. Under the reconfigured districts imposed by a panel of federal judges last week, lawmakers trying to keep their jobs will have to ...

A federal court has approved the congressional election districts lines for New York that were drawn by a magistrate to square with the 2010 Census. In Monday’s ruling, the three-judge panel noted that less than 24 hours remains until the ...

A backroom Albany deal calls for election district lines drawn by the Senate and Assembly majorities to bolster their power in exchange for their promise to reform the process in 10 years under a constitutional amendment. Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ...